Y2K bug 'not our problem'
Potential millennium bug problems at the Daya Bay nuclear plant were not the responsibility of the Hong Kong partner in the project, lawmakers heard yesterday.
CLP Power, the former China Light & Power, said checks on the threat to the plant had shown there was 'no known nuclear safety risk due to the Y2K issue'.
The nuclear plant was expected to be fully Y2K compliant by June, the economic services panel was told.
But Mak Chai-ming, system operation manager for CLP - whose subsidiary Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Company has a 25 per cent stake in the Daya Bay plant 50km north-east of Hong Kong - admitted his company did not take part directly in the Y2K rectification works.
Emily Lau Wai-hing of The Frontier wondered why no experts from the company were sent to check.
'We've learned a lesson from the airport fiasco that we should never trust anything relying on reports only.
'Being a partner company, why don't you send your own experts?' Christine Loh Kung-wai of the Citizens Party said: 'I wonder if the mainland authorities adopt any international standards on the Y2K issue.
'Is there any plan to close down the plant if it was not absolutely sure?' Mr Mak promised to come back with more information in June.
